President Zoran Milanović Says HDZ Should Exempt Itself From Vote on Zlata Đurđević

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Milanović said that nobody had read Đurđević’s programme and that it was more serious than anything Plenković had ever written but that that was not crucial for her appointment.

Plenković will come up with another reason (to reject her) tomorrow, he said.

Plenković said on Monday that Đurđević would not be backed by the ruling majority also due to her “populist political programme.”

The premier said that the programme was designed to restore the system of election of judges as existed at the time when politicians appointed judges, recalling that she had failed to apply to the first public call for the position.

Milanović said today that he expected the Supreme Court President to be strict, have high criteria and, if necessary, launch disciplinary proceedings.

If a “completely inexperienced” politician like Plenković could have become “such a brilliant prime minister”, then Ms Đurđević can do a job that is still less complicated than that of a prime minister, said Milanović.

The HDZ should exempt itself from the vote on the Supreme Court President because the party has a case pending before the Supreme Court, he noted.

To the extent the Supreme Court President will have minimum influence on the case, the HDZ is in a conflict of interest, he added.

Milanović also said that Plenković had started entertaining plans to have him replaced.

Plenković said yesterday that he received a report from Albania, where “Milanović’s friend (PM Edi) Rama” was initiating a no-confidence vote in President Ilir Meta for interfering in elections and inciting to hate speech and violence.

“He is talking about the Albanian no-confidence vote instead of phoning Rama and congratulating him, like most European leaders. By the way, the Albanian president was elected by the parliament, and I was elected by Croatian voters,” Milanović said, adding: “He should take care that that does not happen to him.”

 

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